diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_powerpc.c b/src/cpu/cpu_powerpc.c
index 8bef6271fef40f6fa7b1ae270c841589169fd7e3..5e1a7b9c9220ef808041fb4ad4c96b5c418dac8e 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_powerpc.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_powerpc.c
@@ -605,7 +605,8 @@ PowerPCBaseline(virCPUDefPtr *cpus,
         goto error;
     }
 
-    base_model->data->ppc.pvr = model->data->ppc.pvr;
+    if (outputModel)
+        base_model->data->ppc.pvr = model->data->ppc.pvr;
     if (PowerPCDecode(cpu, base_model->data, models, nmodels, NULL) < 0)
         goto error;